Italy-Turkey: Trade reaches a historic high
International trade between Italy and Turkey closed 2011 at a record high. For the first time ever, the total value of trade comfortably exceeded 20 billion dollars, to reach 21.3 billion. This was not unexpected, given the excellent progress in commercial relations between the two countries over the year, and translates into a rise of […]
Read moreInternational Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation: Terzi calls for UN Resolution condemning the practice
“2012 could be the year when, through a Resolution by the UN General Assembly, the international community condemns this barbaric practice. A practice that inflicts grievous damage on the dignity and physical and psychological health of women and girls, of whom over 140 million are affected throughout the world”. This was the declaration made by […]
Read moreYemen – Terzi meets Nobel Peace Prize winner Karman: civil society is counting on Italian support
Yemeni civil society “is counting on support from Italy and other European countries so that the transition can truly respond to the people’s desire for democracy”. Speaking was Minister Giulio Terzi at the end of a meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Rome with the Yemeni activist Tawakkol Karman, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize […]
Read moreLONGITUDE: “A bitter pill”
A new factor has come into the mix in the race for world leadership: medical science research, which boils down to the possession of knowledge, not technologies. The topic is the subject of the cover story of the new issue of the magazine “Longitude” (chief editor, Pialuisa Bianco), available on newsstands as of 4 February. […]
Read moreLima: exhibition on Italy’s museum homes a big success
More than five thousand visitors were recorded just in the first week of the exhibition “Museum homes. The taste for living in Italy”, mounted in the Peruvian resort town of Asia, located south of Lima. They came to admire the various typologies of a very special way of living, each of which a typically Italian […]
Read moreI BRIC alla guida dell’economia globale (in translation)
Brasile, Russia, India, Cina, economie emergenti destinate a trainare l’economia mondiale: questo il focus della tavola rotonda organizzata a Napoli il 26 gennaio scorso presso il Banco di Napoli dal Gruppo Economisti di Impresa in collaborazione con SRM-Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno. In occasione dell’evento, cui ha preso parte la Direzione Generale per la […]
Read moreCooperation: Uganda, new pavilion for Kitgum Hospital
A new administrative pavilion for St. Joseph’s Hospital in Kitgum in Uganda, was inaugurated on 31 January 2012, the construction of which was made possible thanks to funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.
Read moreCooperazione: Uganda, nuovo padiglione in ospedale Kitgum
È stato inaugurato il 31 gennaio 2012 il nuovo padiglione amministrativo dell’ospedale St. Joseph a Kitgum in Uganda, la cui costruzione è stata possibile grazie a fondi del progetto del Ministero degli Affari Esteri. Lo staff della Cooperazione Italiana e di Avsi erano presenti alla cerimonia insieme all’ambasciatore italiano in Uganda Stefano Deiak e ad […]
Read moreMEDITERRANEO: Marocco; Massari, partner cruciale per l’Italia
Il Marocco rappresenta per l’Italia “un partner cruciale, sia nei rapporti bilaterali, sia come elemento di stabilità per la regione nordafricana”: è questo il messaggio di fondo che l’inviato speciale per il Mediterraneo e il Medioriente, Maurizio Massari, ha trasmesso al governo e alle forze politiche di Rabat, nella sua prima missione nella regione. L’ […]
Read moreMEDITERRANEAN: Morocco a crucial partner for Italy, says Massari
Italy considers Morocco “a crucial partner, both in bilateral relations and as a factor in the stability of Northern Africa”. This was the message that Special Envoy for the Mediterranean and Middle East Maurizio Massari conveyed to the government and political forces of Rabat on his first mission to the region. Italy, Massari told his […]
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